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Bitdefender won AV-Comparatives' Product of the Year award after winning Advanced+ rating in tests throughout 2017 covering the categories of Real World Protection, Performance, Malware Protection, False Alarms and Malware... Read More

Bitdefender, a leading global cybersecurity technology company protecting 500 million users worldwide, has appointed Andrew Philpott as Vice President of Enterprise Sales, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Philpott’s... Read More

Bitdefender, a leading global cybersecurity technology company protecting 500 million users worldwide, has appointed Joe Sykora, a 21-year-veteran of the security industry, as Vice President of Worldwide Channel Development, continuing... Read More

Bitdefender, a leading cybersecurity technology company protecting 500 million users worldwide and NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, announced... Read More

Bitdefender's CEO and founder, is a visionary entrepreneur who has worked in the high-tech security business for the past 20 years. Right after the “fall” of the soviet block in 1990, with his wife Mariuca, he created Softwin, one of the first ever Romanian private software companies and the mother company of Bitdefender.

As a founder of the National Association of Software Services Industry, Florin Talpeș has helped develop a major hub in the IT World in Central and Eastern Europe by encouraging international expansion of technology start-ups. Mr Talpes received the ‘Best CEO in Romania’ 2016 award from Capital publication”. Mr. Talpes is a Math University graduate with a Master in Operator’s Theory

Niculae Dinca

Chief Financial Officer

Niculae Dinca oversees all financial and administrative operations and is focused on the continued financial growth of the company – along with creating global visibility within the financial community. He joined Bitdefender in mid-2009. Mr. Dinca is a fellow member of ACCA - Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants in the UK and of similar accounting bodies in Romania, CAFR and CECCAR. He majored in Electrical Engineering from Bucharest in 1991.

Bogdan Irina

Chief Operating Officer

Bogdan Irina is responsible for Bitdefender's global business operations. As one of Bitdefender's most experienced employees, Bogdan has taken on both technical and commercial roles and has key player in Bitdefender's management team for over 10 years. Conveying extensive experience in the IT industry, international business development, planning and strategy, Bogdan Irina holds an international master’s degree from the Romanian-Canadian Master of Business Administration.

Bogdan Dumitru

Chief Technology Officer

Bogdan Dumitru heads up a development team of more than 200 people, developing industry-leading security solutions that not only target today’s security threats, but also can defend against zero-day attacks. Pursuing a passion for computer security, he joined Bitdefender over 10 years ago. He had previously created his own antivirus solution called Sherlock Holmes AV. Mr. Dumitru is a graduate of the Mathematics University of Bucharest.

Rares Stefan

Chief Strategy Officer

As Chief Strategy Officer, Rares Stefan is responsible for overseeing the product portfolio and product positioning for the Bitdefender Solutions product suite. Prior to joining Bitdefender, Mr. Rares was the founder and chief scientist at Third Brigade, Inc. – which was acquired by TrendMicro – where he focused on the commercialization of multi-platform HIPS as well as researching network introspection, hypervisor-based network and VM security and security event correlation systems. Stefan attended Concordia University in the B.Sc. Honours, Theoretical Physics/Minor in Computer Science program.

Viorel Canja

Sr. Vice-President of Threat Intelligence Operations

As Senior Vice President of Threat Intelligence Operations, Viorel Canja leads a team of 140 of the most experienced threat analysts in the world and manages the development of the core protection technologies for Bitdefender. With 15+ years of experience in the data security industry, he is personally responsible for the growth of the Antimalware Labs. The group's response time to new threats is among the best in the industry, garnering accolades from some of the most trusted institutions and publications in the world. Prior to his current position, Mr. Canja, held positions within Bitdefender as a virus researcher, engine developer and manager of the engine development team. He is a graduate of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.

Vincent Schiavo

Sr. Vice-President of Enterprise Sales and Marketing

Vincent Schiavo, a 30-year industry veteran is Senior Vice President, Worldwide Enterprise Sales and Marketing at Bitdefender, where he translates the company’s technical superiority into a commanding position in global enterprise sales. Prior to that Mr. Schiavo was the SVP of Worldwide Sales at Guidance Software. Prior to Guidance, he was the Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales at LogLogic during the years leading up to their acquisition by Tibco. He also served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Secure Computing were he built and managed a worldwide sales and marketing team of over 300 people. Schiavo has a BS CS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland

Harish Agastya

Vice-President of Enterprise Solutions

Harish Agastya leads the Enterprise Product Management, Product Marketing, Services and Market/Competitive Intelligence teams. Prior to joining Bitdefender, Harish Agastya was Chief Marketing Officer at cloud securitycompany Dome9. Prior to that, he held executive roles in product marketing and management at other security companies such as Trend Micro and CloudPassage. At Trend Micro, Agastya notably played an instrumental role in the growth of Trend Micro’s virtualization and cloud security business, including the flagship Deep Security product line. Before his work with Trend Micro, he also held key roles at HP, Oracle, and several Silicon Valley startups. Agastya has an MBA from UC Berkeley and an MS in Computer Science from Penn State.

Sorin Dediu

Chief Solutions Architect

As Chief Enterprise Solutions Architect, Sorin Dediu is responsible for the engineering team building the enterprise grade Bitdefender security portfolio leading the company's breakthrough in Datacenter security. Technology driven, Sorin has over 17 years of experience in software development and cyber security. He began his career as a software developer, at TechTeam, participating in large scale projects for various industries. At Bitdefender since 2007, prior to his current role, Sorin held software development and enterprise product development management positions. Sorin holds an MSc in Operating Systems Architecture and BSc in Mathematics and Computer Sciences from the University of Bucharest.

Mihaela Paun

Vice-President of Consumer Sales & Marketing

By focusing on innovation on the sales side and using the most advanced techniques of digital marketing, Mihaela Paun coordinates the global strategy for the integrated home cybersecurity solution Bitdefender BOX that protects all internet-connected devices in a home and creates a completely new category in the industry. Mihaela Paun, who has been working at Bitdefender since 2002, is one of the founders of the digital marketing division and the coordinator of online sales, the main distribution channel of Bitdefender security products to home users. Mihaela Holds a Master of Business Administration from the Academy for Economical studies of Bucharest

Ciprian Istrate

Vice-President of Consumer Solutions

Ciprian Istrate, VP of Consumer Solutions, has been at Bitdefender since 2001 in various roles. Prior to his current position as Global Marketing Director, he coordinated the company’s rebranding in 2011, bringing a major contribution to positioning Bitdefender’s technologies as a leader in the global cybersecurity industry. He leads a team of over 120 individuals Product Management, Product Marketing, Services and Market/Competitive Intelligence teams. Ciprian is in charge of shaping the vision of the future consumer product portfolio and bringing it to life. Ciprian holds a Bachelor Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication and a Master’s degree in Economic Engineering, in the field of Mechanics the Polytechnics University of Bucharest.

Florin Virlan

Vice-President of Engineering

As VP of Engineering, Florin Virlan is responsible for the strategy and operational management of engineering for the consumer business unit, implementing nimble engineering processes & methodologies based mainly on agile & lean software engineering, delivering operational excellence. As Engineering Director, Florin's team played a critical role in developing the technologies of the first hardware security solution for IoT, Bitdefender BOX. Florin first joined Bitdefender in 2003 as Quality officer. He then moved on to BluePhoenix Solutions to take on the role of QA manager before returning to Bitdefender in 2008 as QA Director. He then held various engineering roles, developing new teams and products, always with maximum product quality and improved time to market as a focus. Florin holds a diploma in Electronics / Computational Systems from the Polytechnics University of Bucharest.